The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, canceled a visit scheduled for the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, for security reasons, the head of state’s official source revealed this Saturday.
Citing a statement from Herzog’s office, the Times of Israel newspaper reported that the visit was canceled “for security reasons” without providing further details. Still, the Israeli delegation remains attended by several Israeli officials, including the ministers of Environment, Energy and Transport, at COP29, the United Nations climate conference.
The Israeli delegation is present in Baku under strong security measures. On the one hand, due to the geographic proximity between Azerbaijan and Iran. On the other, because a pro-Palestinian protest was planned in Baku.
As in past summits, Israel once again had its own pavilion at COP29, this time with a space dedicated to hostages held by Hamas after the October 1 attack that marked a new era of conflict.
Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since October
Israeli troops have reached their deepest point into Lebanon since the October 1 invasion, capturing a strategic hill in the southern village of Chamaa, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The agency added that Israeli troops blew up the Shrine of Shimon the Prophet in Chamaa, about five kilometers from the Israeli border, as well as several houses before withdrawing, but the information could not be immediately verified.
The Israeli military said in a statement that its troops “continue limited, localized and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon”, without commenting on the attack.
Israeli warplanes attacked the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiyeh and a stronghold of Hezbollah militias, as well as several other areas in southern Lebanon, including the port city of Tyre. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The clashes and new Israeli bombings occurred at a time when Lebanese and Hezbollah officials were studying a draft truce agreement presented by the United States.
Other news:
⇒ At least six people, including three children, were killed this Saturday and 11 were injured in an Israeli attack on a town in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced. According to the official news agency ANI, the six dead were all from the same family. “An attack by the Israeli enemy on Khraybeh killed six people, three of whom were children, one aged three, while 11 people, including five children, were injured”, says the statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, specifying that two injured people are “in critical condition.”
⇒ At least ten people died, including women and children, and 20 were injured, in an Israeli attack on a school in Abu Asi, west of Gaza city, which was housing hundreds of displaced people, according to local press. Emergency teams continue to search for other missing people, reported the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, which also reports 16 more dead in Israeli attacks in several areas of the Gaza Strip.
Source: expresso.pt
